Variegated Roses
Pass pencils and slips of paper to the guests with the following written on each paper:—
(A Symbol of purity.)
(What has been done with a newspaper.)
(A pronoun.)
(A product of Japan.)
(A braying fellow.)
(A state of insanity.)
(A rose without a thorn.)
(A verdant growth found on old trees.)
(A native of Africa.)
(Pertaining to the U. S. and a synonym of lovely.)
Tell the guests that the questions represent some kind of a rose or a word whose last syllable has the sound of rose. A suitable prize is given the person who has the correct answers in a limited time.
The “roses” represented are (1) white rose; (2) red rose; (3) heroes; (4) tea rose; (5) jack rose; (6) wild rose; (7) tuberose; (8) moss rose; (9) negroes; (10) American beauty rose.